legislative

See also: Legislative and législative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English legislate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English legislative

From legislate + -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/, [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əˌsleɪ.tɪv/, [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əˌsleɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈlɛd͡ʒˌɪs.lə.tɪv/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/, [ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.ɾɪv], /-slæɪ-/
• (Philippines, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /lɛˈd͡ʒɪ.slə.tɪv/
• Hyphenation: leg‧is‧la‧tive

Adjective

legislative (not generally comparable, comparative more legislative, superlative most legislative)

1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.

   a legislative act

   Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.

   The legislative framework provides much opportunity for correction and amendment of poorly thought out bills.

Derived terms

• antilegislative
• interlegislative
• legislative body
• legislative building
• legislatively
• legislative process
• legislative session
• nonlegislative
• postlegislative
• prelegislative
• quasilegislative
• quasi-legislative
• semilegislative
• unlegislative

Translations

having the power to make laws

• Armenian: օրենսդրական (hy) (ōrensdrakan)
• Azerbaijani: qanunverici
• Belarusian: заканада́ўчы (zakanadáwčy)
• Bulgarian: законодателен (zakonodatelen)
• Catalan: legislatiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立法的 (lìfǎ de)

• Czech: zákonodárný (cs) m, legislativní (cs)
• Danish: lovgivende
• Dutch: wetgevend (nl)
• Finnish: lakiasäätävä
• French: législatif (fr)
• Galician: lexislativo (gl) m
• German: gesetzgeberisch
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: νομοθετικός (nomothetikós)

• Hungarian: törvényhozó (hu)
• Indonesian: legislatif (id)
• Irish: reachtach
• Italian: legislativo (it)
• Kazakh: заңнамалық (zaŋnamalıq)
• Norwegian: legislativ

  Bokmål: lovgivende

• Occitan: legislatiu (oc)
• Old English: ǣlagol
• Polish: legislacyjny (pl), legislatywny, prawodawczy (pl), ustawodawczy (pl)
• Portuguese: legislativo (pt)
• Romanian: legislativ (ro)
• Russian: законода́тельный (ru) (zakonodátelʹnyj)
• Spanish: legislativo (es)
• Ukrainian: законода́вчий (uk) (zakonodávčyj)

Noun

legislative (plural legislatives)

1. That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.

   Synonym: legislature

Translations

branch of government — see legislative branch

Italian

Adjective

legislative f

1. feminine plural of legislativo